Comments on: Sometimes giving in is easier http://wordpress.fusetnt.com/2009/12/sometimes-giving-in-is-easier/ Tech, talk and tantrums Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:51:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: evil cat http://wordpress.fusetnt.com/2009/12/sometimes-giving-in-is-easier/#comment-148 evil cat Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:35:18 +0000 http://wordpress.fusetnt.com/?p=549#comment-148 Just a thought, maybe it's too little too late. Instead of having multiple RAID controller, have you considered using LSI SAS3081E-R in combination with Chenbro CK12803/CK12804/CK13601 SAS expander card? Chenbro's cards are based off LSI SASX28/SASX36 chips, they should in theory work well with LSI SAS3081E-R. The beauty of this combination is the fact everything here is supported by solaris (that is if you can get your motherboard to work with solaris...). I'm currently in the process of building a new home brew NAS. I currently have a 4x1TB drive array running Nexenta 2.0b3. I don't know if you have had some bad experience with Nexenta, but so far my experience with Nexenta has been fairly good. For my next big upgrade, the combination I mentioned above is one of my options. But at the moment I'm leaning more towards an system with LSI SAS3801E with external disk enclosure tower with built-in SAS expanders. Just a thought, maybe it’s too little too late. Instead of having multiple RAID controller, have you considered using LSI SAS3081E-R in combination with Chenbro CK12803/CK12804/CK13601 SAS expander card? Chenbro’s cards are based off LSI SASX28/SASX36 chips, they should in theory work well with LSI SAS3081E-R. The beauty of this combination is the fact everything here is supported by solaris (that is if you can get your motherboard to work with solaris…).

I’m currently in the process of building a new home brew NAS. I currently have a 4x1TB drive array running Nexenta 2.0b3. I don’t know if you have had some bad experience with Nexenta, but so far my experience with Nexenta has been fairly good.

For my next big upgrade, the combination I mentioned above is one of my options. But at the moment I’m leaning more towards an system with LSI SAS3801E with external disk enclosure tower with built-in SAS expanders.

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